Chapter 149 Rare Manuscript
The middle-aged man glanced at the kennel and said lightly: "The kennel costs five hundred yuan."
Xu Youyou frowned and looked at him.
The middle-aged man said confidently: "This wooden box was my mother's dowry back then, and it is very valuable."
The middle-aged man actually couldn't remember whether this box was a dowry item, but that didn't stop him from using this argument to increase his worth.
"No matter how valuable it was in the past, it is still a doghouse now." Xu Youyou said.
The middle-aged man nodded: "If it wasn't used as a doghouse, I wouldn't sell it for five hundred yuan. Someone must be willing to take this old wood."
He felt that what he said was justified.
Xu Youyou said: "If you want to do this business, I won't even buy the dog, and I haven't paid for it anyway."
The middle-aged man's lifeline was directly grasped, and he said helplessly: "Okay, okay, I'll suffer a loss, buy a dog and get a kennel for free."
The little black dog's farewell to the old man came to an end, and he followed Xu Youyou out step by step, but his eyes were always looking at the old books in the room with reluctance.
"Woof woof! These old books are the owner's beloved possessions. I don't know what this big bad guy will do with them yet..." said the little black dog Woof Woof.
Xu Youyou touched its head, turned to the middle-aged man and said, "I want all the old books in this room, five hundred yuan."
The middle-aged man had just received a thousand yuan. Seeing that there was still business to be done, he immediately said: "Ten thousand yuan."
Xu Youyou: "Forget it."
The middle-aged man quickly tried to persuade him to stay: "You are a young girl, but you are very good at bargaining. With so many books, they are probably worth thousands of dollars if sold to a scrap collector. Your price is too high." ”
"Okay, one thousand then, I won't want any more." Xu Youyou said.
For her, these old books were optional or not, purely for the little black dog's whim. She really hated this man's greedy attitude.
"Okay, one thousand is one thousand, I will suffer the loss." The middle-aged man said.
Xu Youyou paid the money, and Xu Fang suddenly took out a piece of paper behind her, wrote a few words, and handed it to the middle-aged man to sign.
"Oh, you rich people are so particular about what you do. You still need someone to sign something to sell something." The middle-aged man said with emotion.
What Xu Fang took out was the transaction contract. Xu Youyou liked to buy some seemingly messy things, and almost every time he completed a transaction, he would ask the seller to issue a receipt.
Xu Fang noticed that Xu Youyou seemed to care about whether the property rights were clear, so she printed such a transaction certificate in advance. In case of temporary transactions, as long as you fill in the name and price of the item, you can quickly get a paper certificate.
Xu Youyou glanced at Xu Fang approvingly, and she had already put on the agenda to increase Xu Fang's salary next year.
Xu Fang has never been an assistant before, but now with a high salary, Xu Fang's progress is particularly obvious, and Xu Youyou can't live without her.
The old books in the house were sorted by the bodyguards and put into the car. The dog kennel was also carefully carried into the trunk. In order to hold so many things, Xu Youyou temporarily hired a truck to help.
On the way back to the villa, Xu Youyou called Mrs. Li to tell her about the little black dog.
As soon as the old lady saw the puppy, her eyes immediately turned red: "What a good boy. His owner also cares about him. If he didn't realize that he couldn't continue to take care of him, how could he be willing to shut this child out?"
Xu Youyou and Mrs. Li had the same idea. Even if everyone said that the owner of the little black dog was crazy, she still felt that the other party truly loved and cared for the little black dog. "When you get here from now on, just like going back home, go play with other children for a while?" Mrs. Li persuaded the little black dog with a gentle expression.
It was rare that Guaiguai didn't compete with other puppies for favor, so he gently nudged the little black dog aside, but the little black dog was still lack of energy and was still staring blankly at the box of books being unloaded from the truck.
Xu Youyou simply let it go and watch the workers unloading the goods. She turned to look at the wooden box kennel and gently took out the small quilt inside.
Mrs. Li took it over smoothly: "This quilt is clean, I just need to take it out to dry it."
Xu Youyou nodded, turned around, looked at the contents of the wooden box, and was stunned for a moment.
She originally thought that the treasure in the wooden box might be hidden in the mezzanine, but she didn't expect that it would just be placed under the box, hidden only by the puppy blanket.
It was as if its original owner planned to give this thing to the new owner of the puppy.
The treasure found this time was a small, boxy box, about three centimeters high. The wooden box was not locked, but fastened with a latch. Xu Youyou removed the latch, opened the box, and revealed the contents.
At the top is a palm-sized piece of paper, and below is a thick stack of manuscripts.
The note read: "I was confused for the rest of my life. My wife died early and I had no children and grandchildren. I was lucky enough to be accompanied by a black dog in my later years. I gave him the most precious treasure in my life. I only hope that the black dog will be safe and free from disasters."
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The handwriting was handsome and neat, and across the paper, Xu Youyou could vaguely feel Mr. Zhang's hopeful look when he wrote these words.
She carefully put the note away and turned to look at the manuscripts.
Although the manuscript paper is a bit old, it is extremely well preserved, and it is clear that the original owner valued them very much.
After Xu Youyou put on her gloves, she reached out and took one of them.
After just two glances, her breathing became rapid.
"The last forty chapters of "A Dream of Red Mansions"!"
Xu Youyou never expected that the last valuable item left by Mr. Zhang, the missing item indicated by the system, was actually the manuscript of "Dream of Red Mansions".
She instantly sketched out the life of the old man in her mind. He was an intellectual in the first half of his life. He had twists and turns in his middle age. In the second half of his life, he was lucky enough to be rehabilitated. However, he was already half crazy. He was kicked out of the house by his son. He lived in extreme poverty. Occasionally he would wake up and think about how to do it. Place the little black dog.
The old man could have taken out this manuscript, and there would definitely be red-study enthusiasts willing to pay a sky-high price, but he did not take it out for trading, but carefully preserved it, just to find true love for the little black dog. its owner.
Xu Youyou has obtained many high-priced treasures, but they all feel that they are not as good as this manuscript.
She didn’t read the commercially available version of Dream of Red Mansions until she was in college. At that time, she was busy working a part-time job, and she almost had to spare some time to read the book during her busy schedule.
Even so, she would still admire the exquisite story, and she would still be aware of the sense of fragmentation in Gao E's sequel, and she would be more and more regretful that she could not get a glimpse of the whole story.
The paper was fragile, so Xu Youyou didn't dare to touch it too much. After carefully placing it on the sofa, she took out her phone and took photos one by one, then immediately put them away.
She didn't know if these manuscripts were original manuscripts, but even if they were copies, she wouldn't want to be damaged at all.
After carefully putting away the box of manuscripts, she almost couldn't wait to start reading the manuscript.